CVE-2026-70496

high Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: August 19, 2026 (18 days ago)
Last Modified: August 19, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in search-v2-operator. The operator's ClusterRole has permissions equivalent to a cluster administrator, allowing it to impersonate other entities, write Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) configurations, approve Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs), and manage ManifestWork. This grants excessive privileges beyond what is necessary for the operator's intended function, potentially leading to privilege escalation within the cluster.

CWE

CWE-250

Affected Products

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov